Anime Backgrounds: True Works of Art Hiding Behind All Those Digital Boobs

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Surprisingly, the majority of time and effort Japanese animators put into a typical anime may not be on the enormous, physics defying breasts of female protagonists, but on the one thing in any movie or TV show that we pay the least attention to – the backgrounds.

One Tumblr user set out to bring those underappreciated backgrounds to the forefront by displaying photos of anime backgrounds with the main characters digitally removed, and boy is it eye-opening. From real world Tokyo locations recreated in painstaking detail, to futuristic cityscapes that tower up and sprawl out as far as the eye can see, to almost photo-realistic close-ups of everyday items, this Tumblr blog showcases the unsung beauty of the best anime backgrounds.

For comparison’s sake, here is a background from a classic western cartoon that looks like a 5 year-old drew it:

▲ Ugh, that’s hard on the eyes.

Here are some more beautiful anime backgrounds to cleanse your palate:

Some of these backgrounds are rendered with such loving detail, they stand on their own as mind-blowingly complex works of art. The amount of effort anime greats such as Osamu Tezuka and Masamune Shiro have been putting into something we barely even pay attention to makes our greatest accomplishments in life seem trite and unworthy.

Source: Gizmodo Japan

Photos: Anime Backgrounds